French Nationality

Important things to note

• Full set of originals required (excluding ID cards, passports and livret de famille).
• Also, full set of copies required for everything.
• Upon receipt, the nationality service will contact us.
• Send documents to: Consulat général de France, Service de la nationalité, 21 Cromwell Road, SW7 2EN, LONDON
• If a translator is required, consult the approved list.

Document ordering and status

Documents must be ordered correctly as follows:

1. Application form.
2. A4 envelope, prepaid, special delivery rate of 500 grams.

Identity documents

1. Copy of the first page of Marc's passport; translation not required.
2. Copy of Nicole's passport (presumably first page too); translation not required.

Civil Status

1. Intégrale copy of Marc's recent original birth certificate (N.B. this does display the date and location of birth of Marc's parents); translation not required. I doubt this needs to be légalised or apostilled, but see the guidelines.
2. Intégrale copy of the birth certificate of each of Marc's parents and its translation. Not sure if this is required. See original French.
3. Intégrale copy of French marriage certificate, less than three months old. See Nicole's notes and the French explanatory notes.
4. Copy of the livret de famille pages concerning marriage and children, if applicable.

French Nationality of Nicole

1. Intégrale copy of Nicole's birth certificate, within 3 months.
2. Copy of proof of French nationality of Nicole's parents, ideally Certificat de nationalité française (CNF). See original French. Alternately, one of the other documents will do:

• • Soit une copie de son acte de naissance portant une mention relative à la nationalité française.
  • Soit tout document émanant des autorités françaises, indiquant le mode et la date d’acquisition de la nationalité française (copie d’un décret de naturalisation, d’une attestation d’acquisition de la nationalité française).
  • Soit un certificat de nationalité française (CNF).

French language proof

1. TCF certificate

Judicial record

1. Apostille criminal record extract available as a Subject Access Application. Must be apostilled. See original French.
2. Table of stays abroad, available on page 7 of the information document. If no stay of more than 6 months abroad, indicate "néant" (nothing).
3. If applicable, criminal record extract. See original French

Community of life since marriage

These documents do not need translation.

1. Justification of living together in the names of both spouses.

   Only the page indicating the name, address and date are required.

   For current year and previous three years. See confusing French.

   Examples include electricity or telephone bill, joint lease agreement, bank certificate of a joint account with activity, notice of joint taxation, council tax.

Documents

Ready to go

• TCF pass form.

Easy to prepare

• A4 envelope, prepaid, special delivery rate of 500 grams.
• Copy of the first page of Marc's passport; translation not required.
• Copy of Nicole's passport (presumably first page too); translation not required.
• Copy of the livret de famille pages concerning marriage and children, if applicable.
• Table of stays abroad.
• Justification of living together.

Easy to prepare, but wait until the end

• Application form.

Need to order

• Marc's birth certificate.
• Marc's parents' birth certificates (if required, and if so, may need translation).
• Nicole's birth certificate.
• Our marrigate certificate.
• Criminal record extract.

Need to request from parents

• Copy of proof of French nationality of Nicole's parents, ideally Certificat de nationalité française (CNF) (or one of the other documents)